Improved molder s bench



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEa I CHAS. BISHOP, 0F MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVED MOLDERS BENCH.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,209, dated February7, 1865.

To @ZZ whom, it may c0ncern,:-

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. BrsHoP, of Meriden, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented anew and Improved MoldersBench; and I do hereby declare that the following is a .full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure I is asectional sideelevation of this invention7 the line m x, Fig. 2,indicating the plane of section. Fig. 2 is a sectional front elevation,the section being taken in the lines y y y y', Fia l- Similar letters ofreference indicate like parts. v

rIhis invention consists in a molders bench composed of a cast-ironbracket provided with j suitable holes, by means of which it can besecured to a post or other suitable place in the room or shop, andfurnished with hooked flanges or ribs calculated to receive the innerends of arms which extend in a horizontal-direction, being secured tothe bracket by means oi' wedges, and supported at their outer ends by anangular brace which is secured to the arms by grooved ribs, andsupported belowr by lugs or cleats projecting from the bracket in such amanner that said bench can be readily put up or taken down, and itsheight adjusted to suitpersons of different height, and, furthermore', adouble bench is obtained which is not liable to rot or get out of order.

A represents a bracket cast of iron, or made of any other suitablematerial, and provided with holes a, by means of which it can be securedto a post orother suitable place in an upright position. The upper endof said ner ends of the arms B. These arms extendy from the bracketinahori'zontal direction, and their inner ends straddle the ribs a, asshown in Fig. 2, and are secured by wedges b of Wood or other suitablematerial. The outer ends of said arms are supported by a brace, C, whichis also made of cast-iron, its upper end being forked so as to form twobranches, each of which supports one of the arms B.

In order to secure the brace to the arms in a simple manner said armsare provided on their under surfaces with grooved ribs b, to receiveiianges c, projecting from the upper ends of the brace, as shown in Fig.I, and the lower end of said brace straddles the bracket, and issupported' by a cleat, d, cast solid with said bracket. |The bracket isprovided with two or more such cleats as shown in the drawings tocorrespond in position to the number and position of the lhorizontalribs a, which support the inner ends of the arms B. The arms and bracecan thus be readily adj usted higher and lower to suit persons ofdifferent stature, and a firm and durable bench is obtained which is notliable to rot or to get out of repair.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A molders benchcomposed of a bracket,

A, with ribs a, and cleats d, horizontal arms B, and brace C,ja1lconstructed and iitted together in the manner substantially as herein

